Join a creative community where technical expertise plays a vital role in shaping the work of emerging sound artists, producers, designers, and creative practitioners.
As Specialist Technician (Learning & Teaching) in Sound Arts & Design, you’ll become part of the Sound & Music Technical team at London College of Communication, supporting students as they explore, experiment and realise ambitious creative projects. Working across professional recording studios, specialist sound facilities, galleries, performance spaces and live events, you’ll help create an inspiring environment where technical excellence and creative practice go hand in hand.
This is a varied, hands-on role that combines technical expertise, teaching support, and creative collaboration. You’ll provide specialist guidance in studio-based audio recording, sound installation, location recording and post-production, while introducing students to industry-standard workflows, equipment, and professional practice. You’ll deliver inductions, workshops, and one-to-one support, helping students develop both technical confidence and creative ambition.
You will help shape the future of our facilities by maintaining and developing specialist equipment, contributing to studio improvements, supporting exhibitions, and working closely with academic colleagues to continually enhance the student experience. Your expertise will directly influence the quality of learning and the creative possibilities available to our students.
If you enjoy solving technical challenges, sharing knowledge and seeing creative ideas come to life, this is an opportunity to make a real impact within one of the world’s leading universities for art and design.
You will be an experienced sound practitioner with strong technical expertise across contemporary audio production and sound design. You will have excellent working knowledge of analogue and digital audio systems, recording and post-production workflows, live sound, and professional audio software applications such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro and Ableton Live. Knowledge and experience with 3D multi-channel sound diffusion, Ambisonics, Dolby Atmos, physical computing & coding would be desirable.
Equally important is your enthusiasm for supporting student learning. Whether your experience comes from higher education, industry training, or professional practice, you will enjoy sharing your knowledge, explaining complex technical concepts clearly, and helping others develop their confidence and creative ambitions.
You will be organised, adaptable, and collaborative, able to manage competing priorities while maintaining high standards of technical support and customer service. You’ll be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team, solving technical problems, maintaining specialist equipment, and contributing positively to the ongoing development of our facilities and services.
Most of all, you’ll be passionate about sound and recognise that outstanding technical support is more than just equipment - it’s about enabling creative ideas, encouraging experimentation, and helping students develop the confidence and skills they’ll take into professional practice.
If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Lesley Wilkins, Senior Resourcing Adviser, [email protected]
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.
We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.
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